Author: Kwara Reporters

The Kwara State Police Command has arrested multiple suspects for their involvement in violent crimes. The arrest was reported during a press briefing by the Nigerian Police Force on October 18th, 2023. The suspects were taken into custody for their involvement in a series of robberies and violent crimes in the Ilorin area. Biodun Abolade, in the company of two accomplices, was arrested on October 15th, 2023, by the police on a stop-and-search operation along Eiyenkorin / Ogbomoso Highway. The suspects were identified as members of a robbery syndicate specializing in stealing vehicles, phones, jewelries, and other valuables. Items recovered from their…

Three suspected car thieves, Adeniyi Lekan, Abdulraheem Nasir and Suleiman Sarumi, have been arraigned by the Kwara State Police Command for alleged criminal conspiracy, house breaking, theft and receiving stolen property contrary to Sections 97, 353, 287 and 317 of the Penal Code.The Police First Information Report (FIR) indicated that one of the suspects, Adeniyi, who is a hair stylist, was arrested in Offa with 10 litres of petrol, a bunch of keys, a wheel spanner and other working implements while attempting to steal a Toyota Corolla.The FIR reads in part: “But when the complainant, Lawal Rafiu Wale, got to…

The Lagos State Police Command says it has identified the person in a viral video shown shooting an AK47 rifle at the Ladipo Market as Inspector Istifanus Kwanchi, serving in a Lagos squadron of the Mobile Police (MOPOL).Inspector Kwanchi was seen in viral videos celebrating the reopening of the popular Ladipo Market in Lagos State with AK-47 shots to which the Force Spokesman, Muyiwa Adejobi, ordered an immediate probe.The spokesperson of the Lagos Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, on Wednesday. confirmed the inspector’s arrest in a post on X, formerly Twitter.The police officer in this video, Inspector Istifanus Kwanchi, serving with…

Policewoman Angela Adams begged a Customary Court sitting in Jikwoyi, FCT, on Tuesday to dissolve the marriage between her and her husband, Titus, over alleged domestic violence.During proceedings into the divorce petition filed against her husband in court, she said: “My husband always beats me whenever we have a little misunderstanding. He beats me like a child. He always targets my eyes. The last time he beat me, he threw a punch on my face; luckily for me, I was able to block it with my hand, and the blow tore my hand.”She said her husband took a loan of…

Doyin Odebowale, the Special Adviser on Special Duty and Strategy to Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, says his principal is not working from the capital Akure due to accommodation challenges. Akeredolu has been absent from the state since his return from a medical vacation abroad. While the Ondo leader is working from Ibadan, Oyo State, the move has caused ripples within the state with the youths of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday issuing an ultimatum to the governor to return.However, speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday, Odebowale said due to Governor Akeredolu‘s state of health,…

The Benue State government has accused the immediate past administration of ex-Governor Ortom of operating 600 accounts.Speaking when State Correspondents’ Chapel members of Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) paid him a visit at his office in Makurdi, on Tuesday, Commissioner for Finance and Budget Planning, Michael Oglegba, said that was why Governor Hyacinth Alia froze all government accounts on assumption of office.The finance commissioner said the governor was shown only 25 accounts when he took over office but information at the Nigerian Inter Bank System, however, showed that the state had over 600 accounts.“When we came in, we asked for…

Former Minister of Power, Professor Bart Nnaji has narrated how diesel suppliers and generator dealers are allegedly sabotaging some efforts by the federal government and power distribution companies to have steady electricity supply in Nigeria.He disclosed that some of the generator and diesel dealers approached him, complaining that he (Nnaji) was ruining their businesses.Nnaji, who is the founder of Geometric Power, identified diesel suppliers and generator sellers as obstacles for those who are into power generation business in the country.He stated this in Umuahia while participating in FLO 94.9 FM programme in the Abia State capital tagged, “the South East…

A compulsorily retired Deputy Inspector General of Police, Mr. Moses Jitoboh, has prayed the National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja to declare his retirement by the Police Service Commission before his mandatory 60 years retirement age or 35 years in service, as wrongful, unconstitutional, and unlawful.Jitoboh, in his statement of claims filed before the court, further described his compulsory retirement as a flagrant violation of Rule 020810 of the Public Service Rules and Section 18 (8) of the Nigeria Police Act, 2020, respectively.The PUNCH reports that the PSC had in a statement on Monday, August 28, 2023, announced the retirement…

Gunmen have abducted the wife and two children of Lawal Ayanshola Soliu, lawmaker representing Ipaiye/Malete/Olooru of Moro Local Government in the Kwara State House of Assembly.It was gathered that the abductors stormed the residence of the lawmaker around 1am on Monday.According to a community leader in Shao, “the abductors came in their numbers shooting sporadically before whisking the victims away into the nearby bush”.“Their whereabouts have remained unknown although one of them who contacted the family was yet to make a demand for ransom, saying he was not with the others in the forest yet to harmonise the agreed price.“But…

The Abia government says it cleared out the Lokpanta cattle market and condemned Hausa community leaders for condoning criminals and peddling untruths about the state government.The special adviser to the governor on security matters, Macdonald Ubah Rtd, said during a press briefing at the Government House, Umuahia, that Governor Alex Otti’s administration would make the market a daily market for security reasons and, therefore, issued a seven days notice for people residing within the market to move out.Mr Ubah said the government’s decision was informed by findings which showed that the market served as a rendezvous for the perpetrators of…